Hearing and Speech Sciences
Title: Standardized short-term and working memory tests in acquired aphasia: A systematic review
Abstract:
Impairments of short-term and working memory, both verbal and non-verbal, are ubiquitou
Title: Monitoring and control of language production
Abstract: The talk focuses on the monitoring/control loop which regulates language production. I'll review the conflict-based monitoring account with evidence from individuals with aphasia, as well as children, and discuss recent findings from my lab on enforcement of post-monitoring control over language production.
Larry Medwetsky
Gallaudet University
Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences
12:00-1:00 pm
Lefrak Hall 2208
Title: Phonetic feature perception as a function of different degrees of hearing loss
Alexa Romberg
12:00-1:00 pm
Lefrak Hall 2208
Title: Cognitive mechanisms supporting cross-situational word learning
Donald J. Bolger
12:00-1:00 pm
Lefrak Hall 2208
Title: Acquisition of word meaning, a instance - based learning model
How do listeners use their two ears to better understand speech in noisy environments, or to locate the source of a sound in the space around them? How are these processes different for people with two cochlear implants rather than normal hearing? These are just some of the questions that occupy Matt Goupell, Assistant Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences and director of the Auditory Perception and Modeling Lab.
In celebration of Autism Awareness month, UMARC will be showing The Story of Luke in the Hoff Theater at STAMP Student Union. After the movie there will be a panel discussion with Dr. Kathy Matthews, the executive director of the Faison School in Richmond, Virginia and a representative from the Treatment and Learning Centers Outcome Program in Rockville, Maryland.
Lecture given by Dr. Andrew Egel from the Department of Special Education at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Lecture given by Dr. Elizabeth Redcay from the Psychology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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